8 July 2021 After weeks of campaigning and coverage, voters of the Dublin Bay South constituency are heading to the polls today. Housing, the ongoing pandemic and its rippled-out effects have been issues right at the forefront over the past few weeks. We wanted to dig a little deeper and Read more…
February 7th, 2020 Teenage climate strikes are out in the streets of Cork city today to ask adults to consider the planet when casting their votes in the general election tomorrow. While smaller in numbers, today’s strike builds on last November larger protest in the rebel county that brought Cork Read more…
February 5th, 2020 As General Election 2020 kicked off, One Future Ireland asked three academics – climate scientist Professor John Sweeney, law and politics expert Dr Sadhbh O’Neill and Environmental Policy Fellow Dr Cara Augustenborg – to benchmark the main parties election manifestos against the civil society campaign’s key policy Read more…
February 4th, 2020 Over the past three weeks, as in all election cycles, we have become accustomed to the knock at the door from canvassers or candidates themselves are they vie for our number one at the ballot box. We have asked leading climate and biodiversity experts to tell us Read more…
February 3rd, 2020 The One Future campaign has published analysis that finds the three parties leading in the general election have the weakest and vaguest promises on climate action in their manifestos. The campaign – backed by dozens of local and national groups from the women’s, youth, faith, environmental and Read more…
February 3rd, 2020 This general election, candidates are confronting a much more climate conscience electorate than it did in 2016. After a year of school strikes, Extinction Rebellion and green waves, our political landscape has changed dramatically in its view toward tackling the climate and biodiversity crisis. To date, however, it appears Read more…
February 3rd, 2020 Over the past three weeks, as in all election cycles, we have become accustomed to the knock at the door from canvassers or candidates themselves are they vie for our number one at the ballot box. We asked leading climate and biodiversity experts to outline the key Read more…
May 26th, 2019 With more than half of the seats now filled in the local elections, it is clear that a Green Wave has washed over Ireland. While the traditional twin power players of Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have so far racked up half of the first preference votes, Read more…
May 23rd, 2019 Nineteen candidates are vying for the four available MEP seats in the Dublin constituency following a period of campaigning, public debates and TV appearances. Our Kayle Crosson gives her guide to where they stand on some of the key environmental and climate change issues in Ireland. Sinn Read more…
